The Prophetic Word - Day 172: We are already part of the Eternal Kingdom.

In preparation for our discussion over the next five days, please carefully read and meditate on these passages of scripture:

Zechariah 14 (All)

“After Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the Lord’s Temple and spread it out before the Lord. And Hezekiah prayed this prayer before the Lord: “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens and the earth. Bend down, O Lord, and listen! Open your eyes, O Lord, and see! Listen to Sennacherib’s words of defiance against the living God. “It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all these nations. And they have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire and burned them. But of course the Assyrians could destroy them! They were not gods at all—only idols of wood and stone shaped by human hands. Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power; then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you alone, O Lord, are God.””

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭37‬:‭14‬-‭20‬ ‭NLT‬‬

““And this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: “‘His armies will not enter Jerusalem. They will not even shoot an arrow at it. They will not march outside its gates with their shields nor build banks of earth against its walls. The king will return to his own country by the same road on which he came. He will not enter this city,’ says the Lord. ‘For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David, I will defend this city and protect it.’” That night the angel of the Lord went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere. Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there. One day while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with their swords. They then escaped to the land of Ararat, and another son, Esarhaddon, became the next king of Assyria.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭37‬:‭33‬-‭38‬ ‭NLT

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““During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. It will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, and it will stand forever. That is the meaning of the rock cut from the mountain, though not by human hands, that crushed to pieces the statue of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God was showing the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its meaning is certain.””

‭‭Daniel‬ ‭2‬:‭44‬-‭45‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.” Pilate said, “So you are a king?” Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.””

‭‭John‬ ‭18‬:‭36‬-‭37‬ ‭NLT‬‬

The world is posturing for one final showdown.

What many don’t know, is that this showdown, won’t be finished or won by a kingdom of this world. Yes, soon, and very soon, our King is coming to destroy every earthly kingdom and establish the Eternal Kingdom of God!

As we are watching violence, confusion, suffering, and pain, breaking out all over the world, as we see that the world is a tinder box about to combust, let us remember that we already serve the Winner of the final showdown. And, He’s coming soon to settle the score for all eternity!

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!

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